Day camp to be available for Prescott students

Students at Scranton's William Prescott Elementary School will get out of school about three weeks earlier than other students in the district.

Now they may have a place to go.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeastern Pennsylvania will offer a day camp program for Prescott students, who will be done with school on May 17 so mold abatement work can be done.

"We saw the need," said Tricia DiBiasi Thomas, executive director of the organization.

From May 20 to June 7, the club will be open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and with support from the Wilkes-Barre-based Commission on Economic Opportunity will serve breakfast, lunch and a snack. The club is located at 609 Ash St., less than a mile from the school.

Since fall, the school day at Prescott has been lengthened by about 45 minutes a day to allow for the May dismissal. With acceptable air-quality tests, officials decided to keep students in the school and do extensive work during the summer to rid the building of any mold.

The agency is still finalizing plans, and parents will receive information by the beginning of May, Ms. DiBiasi Thomas said. Registration will be open to the first 100 kids, ages 6 to 12. The program is free, but children must have a $25 club membership to attend. The membership will be valid through May 2014.

The program will be similar to the club's summer day camp program, in which children spend time doing arts and crafts and activities in the club's gym, computer room and game room, Ms. DiBiasi Thomas said.

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